Job 27:1
Verse 1 of 23. The 27th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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Job 27:1 in the World English Bible
Job again took up his parable, and said,Read Job 27:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 27:1
Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of Solomon's proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule, or have dominion; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them. We say of an excellent preacher that he knows how dominari in concionibus—to command his hearers.
Read Matthew Henry on Job 27:1–6: Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. (b. c. 1520.)
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